'Amazing Patriot' Charged With Posing as Trump Family to Scam Hundreds of MAGA Fans

[Nevilledog]

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A Pennsylvania man has been arrested for allegedly posing as Trump’s relatives to dupe hundreds of fans into donating to his fake political organization

‘Amazing Patriot’ Charged With Posing as Trump Family to Scam Hundreds of MAGA Fans
Prosecutors say Joshua Hall, 22, managed to raise thousands of dollars over a year, and then “pocketed those funds for his own use.”
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1:00 PM · Jun 8, 2021

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https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/impersonator-stole-trump-family-identities-in-fundraising-scam-fbi/3096091/

A Pennsylvania man fraudulently used then-President Donald Trump's relatives’ names and photos – including those of Trump’s teen son - to rip off unsuspecting followers of a fictitious political fundraising operation, the FBI said.

Joshua Hall, of Mechanicsburg, Penn., allegedly raised thousands of dollars using Trump family identities on his platforms - claiming those relatives were helping him run the fundraising operation.

Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York said Hall used the money he raised for his own personal spending. They said he while he had more than a 100,000 social media followers, there was no actual political organization or fundraising group.

“Central to the scheme was the impersonation by Joshua Hall … of members of the President’s family,” prosecutors said in court papers filed Tuesday. Prosecutors allege Hall even used the likeness of Barron Trump, 15, falsely claiming the teen called Hall a “friend and partner” of the president.

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[Blue Owl]

1. Wow, talk about a double entendre

Using the former scammer-in-office as a scam -- genius!!!

[Nevilledog]

2. Would be a piece of cake.

[Blue Owl]

3. It's getting to where you can't tell when one scam ends and another begins...

[Nevilledog]

5. Best response I saw

"Was it Jared?"

[Blue Owl]

6. Bwaaaaaaah! Perfect!

[PortTack]

4. Der leeder won't be happy when he finds out!!

[Chainfire]

7. Why, I think that Trump would respect him as an enterprising young business man.

[brooklynite]

9. But the critical point is that Trump didn't get a cut...

[Chainfire]

10. The young man was a somewhat successful crook,

Trump will probably bring him into his organization. Trump really likes liars and cheaters, if the kid is also a Fascist, I think he has a job waiting.

[dutch777]

8. So close...he should have just forked over 10% to something Trump and paid himself rest as salary &

he could probably have done this forever! The impersonating people is a bad idea though. I have thought more than once about forming some pro-gun or pro border wall or something kind of MAGA campaign group and taking the Trump faithful for all they are worth. Clearly, it's not that hard to dupe these people just need to make sure you do some of what you say for the thing you say you are doing it for but if overhead and operating costs take 90% of the donations well that is just the cost of doing business. I would be most of the overhead.

[onethatcares]

11. nail...meet hammer

All ya gotta do is start a website, file whatever tax papers need to be filed, appoint your dog financial officer, toss a few flags, guns, and freedumbs up on that website and tell em you're gonna knock the libs out of the park. Viola, the cash rolls in.

Now,scuse me while I start this. Does anyone know if Kolfage is available for consult?

[dutch777]

12. So tempting !

[onethatcares]

14. imagine

they want ya to meet rudy or mtg or desatan and gaetz at a fund raiser after it's up and running.

Could ya keep a straight face?

[Crunchy Frog]

13. I don't see what the problem is. I thought MAGATs like being scammed.

That's pretty much the whole basis for their political beliefs.

[smb]

15. MAGAville Is Like A Scammers' Happy Hunting Ground

All those gullible nitwits in one place primed to open their wallets in response to a few simple talking points....

[tanyev]

16. Ruh roh, no cut for Donny. Maybe he'll sue.

[rownesheck]

17. This guy

should be celebrated as a national hero in my opinion.

[captain queeg]

18. Big pool of people easily scammed. I always said someone should get his mailing list

From there it would be easy.